Some parents tend to be very overprotective. But then we all know that ‘excess of everything is bad’ and so is over-protection. Extreme love has its own downsides and sometimes it leaves a life-long effect on kids. Too much care and concern can make your child quite dependent and he will coming back to you for every small thing. More than the fathers, it is mothers who tend to be overly protective. Fathers often have to maintain the image of head of the family and he is more concerned towards discipline and rules part whereas mothers love spoon feeding. However, it is not a general case but yes, you can see it quite often. Overprotective mothers can literally make a child crippled in sense of dependency and self-sufficiency.
Such over-protection can often lead to child becoming unable to fend for himself. They are not able to come out of trouble on their own because he has been provided so much of care that he starts believing that his mother will take care of every problem. His own thinking gets muted and this can have a very dangerous impact on kid once he grows up. This holds more prominence in case of boys than girls. Overall, this is not at all conducive to the personality development of a child.
There are several dangers of having an over protective mother. One of them is immaturity of child even at a later stage of his life. That becomes quite obvious because he is simply not able to think for himself and looks out to others whenever a problem arises. He will also shy away from taking any responsibility because he never had any firsthand experience of carrying a serious responsibility. An overly protected child will also have difficulty in facing criticism because he has always been a pampered one.